Naughty!

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Naughty!
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Directed by Stanley Long
Written bySuzanne Mercer
Story byStanley Long
Suzanne Mercer
Produced byStanley Long
executive
Barry Jacobs
Music by Cliff Twemlow
Production
company
Salon Productions
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Running time
83 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Naughty, also known as Naughty! A Report on Pornography and Erotica, is a 1971 British dramatised documentary film directed by Stanley Long and written by Suzanne Mercer. [1] Long said although the movie was sold as a sex film it was "a fairly serious film" which "had some purpose". Mercer called it "a serious sociological look at pornography and erotica." [2] [3] It mixes interviews with archived footage and re-enactments, [4] and was screened at the Wet Dream Film Festival in Amsterdam in 1971. [4] The same team later made a similar movie, On the Game (1974). [4]

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Reception

Monthly Film Bulletin said "Publicised as a 'report on pornography and erotica through the ages', Naughty! in fact emerges as a cheaply-made mish-mash of interviews, reportage on the Amsterdam 'Wet Dream Festival', and some clumsily staged scenes illustrating the hypocrisy and depravity of the Victorians. The historical scenes are badly done, with many of them relying on jokily speeded-up action and jangly piano accompaniment in a weak attempt at light-heartedness. Yet despite the overall ineptness, several of the contemporary interviews have the fascination of the truly bizarre: evidently genuine discussions with the director and cast of a blue movie (before, during and after the 'action'); the chat with a madame who specialises in bondage; and the rather touching confession of a suburban couple, whose search for sexual variety was apparently sparked by the wife becoming fed up with the husband's constant desire to spank her." [5]

The Sun called it "just another 'raincoat' film dressed up as 'educational' language." [2]

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References

  1. "Naughty!". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 Munro, Peter (14 November 1971). "Naughty? It's Just Grubby". Sunday Sun. p. 12.
  3. Sheridan, Simon (16 September 2012). "Stanley Long: Film director who was described by 'The Sun' as 'The King of Sexploitation'". The Independent.
  4. 1 2 3 "Stanley A Long Side 5". British Entertainment History Project. 24 November 1999.
  5. "Naughty!". Monthly Film Bulletin . 38 (444): 223. 1971. ProQuest   1305829002 via ProQuest.